Pin and needle cushion.



S. A. A. STENBERG.

PIN AND NEEDLE CUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 1917.

1,279,082. Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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Los Angeles, in the'county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pin and Needle Cushion, in which the cushion is arranged to resemblea cactus plant and in which the affixed pins and needles resemble the spines and needles of a cactus-plant; and the objects of my improvc ment are, first, to provide a pin and needle cushion. to which pins and needles may be easily and neatly attached; second, to provide a pin and needle cushion that is orna-' mental and attractive in appearance; third, to provide a pin and needle cushion that resembles a cactus-plant, and, fourth, to provide' a pin and needle cushion so constructed that when pins and needles are attached to the cushion they resemble the spines or needles of a cactus-plant.

I attain these objects by the arrangement illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which- V Figure 1 is a vertical side View of the pin and needle cushion assembled and mounted on a tray hereinafter described; Fig. 2, a vertical side-view of an inner frame or standard, hereinafter described; Fig. 3, a vertical side-view of an outer frame hereinafter described; and Fig. 4c, a vertical side-view of the pin and needle cushion mounted on cardboard and hereinafter described.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In my invention the portions of the cushionto which the pins and needles are directly attached, are so formed as to resemble the irregular flat leaves or blades of a cactus-plant, the one in the drawing being shown as having three blades, A, A, A, (Figs. 1. and 4), although the pin-cushion may be provided with any desired number of blades, A, of suitable shape and size.

' The cushion parts or blades A may be manufactured from cloth, felt, soft paper, clot-h stuffed with cotton or shoddy, cork, or any other suitable and easily penetrated material, the outer surface of said portions be- Specification of Letters Patent. Pa'iEQHiTQd Sept. 17, 1918- Application filed November 7, 1917. Serial No. 200,728.

ing colored preferably green to resemble the green color of a cactus-plant.

To insure stability to the cushion-portions A, A, A,which may be manufactured in one single continuous piece, or made from several separate p1eces,the cushion per-V tions A, A, A, are glued or otherwise aiiixed to one or both sides of a fiat piece or standard C;(Fig. 2.)-of wood, cardboard or Y other material, the outer edges of said standard 0, being cut to conform and fit snugly the irregular edges of the cushions A, A,'A,

respectively. The lower end of the standard C, is provided with an extension D, which may be lued or otherwise alfixed to a tray or base B,'(Fig;'1,)-the standard, carrying the cushions, thereby being held in an upright position and the tray providing a convenient receptacle for minor articles. To provide added strength and stability and also for ornamental purposes a strip of metal or a cord E,(Fig. '3.),may be fitted snugly over the undulating outer edges of the cushions A and standard (3.

The cushion portions A, A, A, may be, if so desired, glued, or otherwise mounted, on a flat piece F, of cardboard, paper, wood, metal or other suitable material(see Fig. 4L.),-and the portion F, may be provided with a cord G, by means of which the pincushion can be suspended to the walls of a room, or other perpendicular surface. A hinged brace, (not shown), may in addition be affixed to the back of the board F, for the purpose of holding the cushion in an upright position when placed on a flat surface such as a table. glued or otherwise affixed to the board F, and a small printed calendar I, mounted on the board.

On the various exposed cactus-shaped surfaces, the pins and needlesK, are grouped and arranged to resemble the spines and needles of a cactus-plant. (See Figs. 1 and 4.). r

I claim: 7

In pin, and needle cushions the combination of an inner, fiat, irregular and cactus shaped body frame or standard, affixed at its A receptacle H, may also be 7 lower end to a tray or receptacle, cactus cactus shaped frame and resilient cushions, shaped reslhent cushlon 01' cushlons, wlth all substantlally as set forth and for the pur plus and needles arranged to resemble the pose speclfied.

spines and needles of a cactus plant, mounted SVEN AXEL ALLAN STENBERG. or arranged on the flat surface or surfaces of Vitnesses:

the body or frame; an outer strip fitting C. C. MELVILL,

snugly and embracing the outer edges of the A. E. VEBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. c. 

